Cut Sheet
7.5' Height
6' Perimeter
Patient Care Areas
As defined in NFPA 99 – 2018 Edition
Patient Care Room
Any room of a health care facility wherein patients are
intended to be examined or treated. This includes:
• Basic Care Spaces (e.g. exam or treatment rooms in
clinics, dental oces, nursing homes, etc.)
• General Care Spaces (e.g. patient bedrooms, dialysis
rooms, procedural rooms, etc.)
• Critical Care Spaces (e.g. intensive care rooms,
operating rooms, delivery rooms, etc.)
Patient Care Vicinity
(Depicted below)
A space, within a location intended for examination and
treatment of patients, extending 6 feet (1.8 m) beyond
the normal location of the bed, chair, table, treadmill, or
other device that supports the patient during examination
and treatment and extending vertically 7.5 feet (2.3 m)
above the floor.
Medical Grade
Power Strips from
Leviton may be
used in ALL types
of Patient Care
Rooms, both within
and beyond the
Patient Care
Vicinity.
What makes a power strip
“Medical Grade”?
For a power strip to qualify as “medical grade” it must:
• Be used with medical equipment inside Patient
Care Areas
• Conform to Safety Standard UL 60601-1 or UL 1363A
• Have receptacle covers that can only be opened
with the use of a tool*
• Feature hospital grade plugs and receptacles
• Have an enclosure leakage current that does not
exceed 0.1 mA in normal condition
• Be permanently mounted to moveable equipment
• Not have a manual on/o switch
* Anything other than a hand
Applicable Codes & Standards
• NFPA 99 – Health Care Facilities Code
• NFPA 70 (National Electric Code) Article 517 –
Health Care Facilities
• UL 60601-1 – Medical Electrical Equipment, Part 1:
General Requirements for Safety
• UL 60950-1 – Information Technology Equipment –
Safety, Part 1: General Requirements
• UL 1363A – Special Purpose Relocatable Power Taps
• UL 1449 – Surge Protective Devices
For more information regarding application
codes and standards, please visit
leviton.com/healthcarecodes
For a full list of requirements for the use of medical grade power strips and other electrical equipment in patient-care areas, see NFPA 99 Chapter 10.